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**AniMat’s Crazy Cartoon Cast**

Hosted by Mat Brunet (aka AniMat from the YouTube channel ElectricDragon505), AniMat’s Crazy Cartoon Cast tells the latest news happening throughout the week in the field of animation and what he has to say regarding those insane events. The podcast is live on Twitch every Saturday at 2pm EST, which includes interacting with the audience and occasional special guests.

Latest Episodes:

Top 5 Animation News of 2020 Jan 02, 2021

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Today's episode includes:

Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical
The Most Competitive Award Season for Best Animated Feature
Sony Buys Crunchyroll
The Mass Movie Exodus
Trolls Home Tour

The New Shrek Era Dec 19, 2020

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Today's episode includes:

Shrek was added to the National Film Registry
Nickelodeon will feature SpongeBob SquarePants, All That and more to help families watch NFL
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes about the reality of "Cancel Culture" and self-destructing celebrities
Disney chairman Bob Iger and DreamWorks Animation founder Jeffery Katzenberg are considered for U.S. Ambassador roles
Shigeru Miyamoto presented a preview of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan

The Rat of All My Dreams Dec 12, 2020

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Today's episode includes:

Major announcements revealed at Disney Investor Day 2020
Christopher Nolan attacks WarnerMedia for their decision of releasing Warner Bros.' 2021 movies to both theaters and HBO Max
Sony buys Crunchyroll for nearly $1.2 billion
DreamWorks Animation to adapt Dav Pilkey's Dog Man into an animated feature
Thousands of TikTok fans are making a musical based on Ratatouille

Next Year Will Be Quacked Up Dec 05, 2020

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Today's episode includes:

DuckTales (2017) will officially end after its 3rd season
Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train beat Titanic to become the 2nd highest grossing movie of Japan
Alan Menken & Glenn Slater will write the songs for the Broadway adaptation of Animal Farm
Academy is still considering to make the Oscars in 2021 to be in-person
Warner Bros. to release all their movies in 2021 both in theatres and on HBO Max

The Boss Baby Confuses Me (feat. Bio) Nov 28, 2020

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Today's episode includes: • DreamWorks Animation released the trailer of The Boss Baby: Family Business • Animaniacs (2020) faces backlash over Johnny Depp joke • Acclaimed Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde announced his retirement • Discussion about Bio's upcoming project on the history of Anne Bonny

Beer Goggles for a Trailer Nov 21, 2020

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Today's episode includes:

Warner Animation Group released the trailer of Tom & Jerry (2021)
Jeff Fowler to direct a live-action/animation hybrid of The Pink Panther
The Charlie Brown holiday specials will also be airing on PBS
Universal and Cinemark make a deal about how movies will be distributed in theaters and on VOD
Disney is considering to move many of their big movies to Disney+

Last-Minute Setup: The Musical (feat. Musical Hell) Nov 18, 2020

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Today's episode includes: • Alex Trebek, the host of Jeopardy! (1940-2020) • NBC announced a live TV special of Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical • Netflix announced their new animated movie musical Arlo the Aligator Boy and its sequel series I <3 Arlo • Disney hires Jon M. Chu as the director of the live-action remake of Lilo and Stitch • Disney+ released the trailer of Inside Pixar

Between the Election Nov 07, 2020

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Today's episode includes:

The History of Bugs Bunny sawing off Florida
Disney+ released the trailer of the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Baby Shark is the most viewed video on YouTube
Patrick McHale reveals that he's working on a spiritual successor of Over the Garden Wall
Disney's handling of the Muppets exposed with lack of diversity, underpayments and what actually happened to Steve Whitmire

Learning at Looniversity Oct 31, 2020

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Today's episode includes:

Sean Connery (1930–2020)
HBO Max announced Tiny Toons reboot, a new Genndy Tartakovsky series and more
Crunchyroll released the trailer of Onyx Equinox
Netflix announced a new animated series called My Dad The Bounty Hunter
Lawsuit against Amazon reveals that you don't fully own the movies you buy digitally on Amazon Prime Video

Quibi is Dead Oct 24, 2020

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Today's episode includes:

Quibi will officially shut down
Disney released the trailer of Raya and the Last Dragon
Hulu released the trailer of Animaniacs (2020)
The Charlie Brown Holiday specials will be streaming on AppleTV+ instead of airing on television after 54 years
California to reopen theme parks with very strict guidelines and they hate them